finance
Policy & Regulation
IFC invests $200m in a gender bond to empower women-owned SMEs
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The proceeds from the gender bond will enable the bank to increase lending to women entrepreneurs and women-owned small and medium enterprises (WSMEs).
Start-up zone
ADB unveils +$1 billion ADB Ventures division
ADB has established a new venture capital division to support and invest in startups in Asia and the Pacific.
Features and Analysis
Ed’s note: Leading the energy transition in the next decade
The transition of our energy sector from one that is heavily reliant on fossil fuels and one-way electricity flows – is underway,...
Policy & Regulation
European Investment Bank to end financing fossil fuel projects by 2021
EIB has announced it's new climate plan and will end financing for fossil fuel energy projects from the end of 2021.
Storage
LG gets EBRD green light to build Europe’s first-of-its-kind gigafactory
Chemical group LG Chem has been granted a long-term €250 million loan for the construction of a new electric vehicle battery gigafactory in Wroclaw in western Poland.
Policy & Regulation
IPP’s “not there yet” for investment rating says S&P – here’s...
It’s not set to change anytime soon, says the agency, thanks in part to the largest fuel switch in the electric industry's history—from coal to natural gas, which has led to changing consumer preferences, new technologies, weaker commodity prices, and greater distributed generation have put tremendous pressure on the traditional IPP model.
Smart Energy
E.ON pilots efficiency funding scheme for UK consumers
Integrated energy company E.ON and BNP Paribas Personal Finance are piloting a new energy efficiency financing scheme for UK consumers.
Smart Energy
New online portal launches to speed up efficiency funding
The National Energy Improvement Fund (NEIF) has through its division HBC Energy Fund unveiled a new online portal to speed-up processing of energy upgrade...